‘The End of the War and The Reshaping of a Century’
6th - 8th September 2018
As well as The Western Front Association, ‘The End of the War and the Re-Shaping of a Century’ has been developed collaboratively with heritage agencies, museums, art galleries, funders, schools and community groups involved in First World War research, remembrance and…

Prof. Gary Sheffield will give a presentation on Gallipoli.
We meet at The Comrades Club, Godmanchester, PE29 2AY on the first Wednesday of every month with the exception of January and August.
Doors open at 7.00pm for a prompt 7.30pm start.

Speakers:
Professor Gary Sheffield from the University of Wolverhampton. ‘How the Allies Won in 1918’
Colonel Brendan O’Shea, Dean of Partner National Military Representatives & National Military Representative-Ireland at SHAPE in Belgium."The Last Days of the 16th (Irish) and 36th (Ulster) Divisions".
Ronan McGreevy, Irish Times. Unit…

Book review by Gary Sheffield.
With the publication in 1992 of Command on the Western Front, Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson immediately took their place among the foremost authorities on the British Army of the Great War. Their cool analysis, based on impressive labours in the archives, was far removed from the crude 'lions led by donkeys' stereoty…

Book review by Gary Sheffield.
I should at once declare an interest. In July 1996 the BBC screened a Timewatch documentary on Douglas Haig. Dr. Laffin appeared as the main counsel for the prosecution, while I, along with several other historians, acted for the accused. Inevitably, the demands of television over-simplified the issues - I am by no m…

Book review by Gary Sheffield.
Above the Trenches - A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-20 first appeared in 1990 and was a mine of useful information.
This Supplement consists of more of the same: brief biographies of pilots omitted from the original book, plus other information that the indefati…

Book Review by David Filsell.
Although published last year, lack of a publisher's copy has sadly long delayed the review of Gary Sheffield's Forgotten Victory in Stand To!
Fortunately, apart from his 'day job' - Warfare Historian on the Higher Command and Staff Course - he is well known through his regular, and effective, expositions of revision…

Reviewed by David Filsell.
In the last four years three new biographies of Douglas Haig have been published. Each, of the works helps mark the fact that the Field Marshal is being seen not as ‘butcher and bungler’ but as a figure of historical importance and deserving of sober unemotional analysis.
Douglas Haig’s post-Great War reputation has fol…

Professor Gary Sheffield, University of Wolverhampton will be giving a talk on ‘Sport, Training and Leadership in the British Army in the First World War’
‘This paper examines the role played by sport, especially football, in the British army in the Edwardian period and the First World War. It argues that sport was seen as an important vehicle f…

Announcing the launch of the Western Front Association / Helion publication:
Two Sides of the Same Wrong Penny: Gallipoli and the Western Front, A Comparison
The year 1915 saw the BEF severely challenged on the Western Front. Recovering from the loss of the majority of experienced regulars in 1914, a largely new army had to come to terms with t…

‘1918-2018: The End of the War and the Re-Shaping of a Century’
This important and unique conference will be taking place between the 6-8 September 2018 at the University of Wolverhampton.
Seven keynote addresses from some of the leading academic authorities on the First World War and its aftermath will be at the heart of the conference, alo…

In 1982 a survey went out with Issue. No.5 of Stand To! It asked members what they were interested in. This list of ‘requests’ immediately fed into the content for the following decade and represents the exceptional broad range of material readers and researchers can enjoy. These are the items that interested readers then:
Artillery
War Artist…

ISBN: 0 297 84702 3 HB 550 pages £25.00
Published by Weindenfeld & Nicholson. Edited by Gary Sheffield & John Bourne. No one General has suffered such vilification over the years as Douglas Haig. In this most recent edited version of his famous, some would say infamous diaries the reader at last comes to see the man for what he was, a ma…

Andrew Robertshaw will be giving a presentation on the Archeology of the Western Front.
Digging the Trenches is essential reading and unlikely to be displaced as the best single accessible book on the archaeology of the Western Front for years to come.' Gary Sheffield.
Andrew Robertshaw - Digging the Trenches: Archaeology of the Western F…

Prof. Gary Sheffield - How the Allies won The War in 1918
Branch member, Academic, and prolific author, Gary Sheffield is sure to give a fascinating talk, usually encompassing his last research. An annual event that is not to be missed.

About Us

The Western Front Association (WFA) was formed with the aim of furthering interest in The Great War of 1914-1918. We also aim to perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of all those on all sides who served their countries in France and Flanders, and their own countries, during The Great War.